Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ...
by tuatoru on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:15PM
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I disagree - the fundamental problem with mass-market goods is the value proposition.
For a new product to replace an existing one, it has to be at least two of cheaper, better, and/or more convenient.
More convenient is out, and plant-based meat substitutes are neither cheaper nor better than meat. They need to be both.
(Better is a complex of attributes. Taste, texture, variety, tolerance of varied cooking and consumption patterns, keeping duration, side-effects of consumption (like nausea, feeling full, or fibres sticking in teeth), and in the long term, health effects, among them.)
For a new product to replace an existing one, it has to be at least two of cheaper, better, and/or more convenient.
More convenient is out, and plant-based meat substitutes are neither cheaper nor better than meat. They need to be both.
(Better is a complex of attributes. Taste, texture, variety, tolerance of varied cooking and consumption patterns, keeping duration, side-effects of consumption (like nausea, feeling full, or fibres sticking in teeth), and in the long term, health effects, among them.)